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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
East Barnet 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Barnet]
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OPTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
| Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | |||||
| At home. | In Hospital. | |||||
| 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
TABLE II.
Causes of, and ages at, Death during the year 1939.
| Causes of Death. | All Ages. | Under 1 yr. | 1 & under 2 | 2 & 5 yrs. | 5 & 15 yrs. | 15 & 25 yrs. | 25 & 45 yrs. | 15 & 65 yrs. | 65 & upwds. | Total Deaths in Public In Institut-ions in District. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canser. | 6l | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 29 | 30 | 60 |
| Heart Disease. | 107 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 28 | 33 | 44 | 92 |
| Cerebral Thrombosis. | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | 8 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage. | 17 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 9 | 14 |
| Arterio-Sclerosis. | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| Nephritis. | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 11 | 9 |
| Pneumonia. | 13 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | 12 |
| Bronchitis. | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
| Influenza. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Tuberculosis. | 17 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 11 | 5 | - | 7 |
| Premature Birth. | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Icterus Gravis | ||||||||||
| Neonatirum. | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Cachexia. | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Marasmus. | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Convulsions. | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Haemorrhage from | ||||||||||
| Umbilical cord. | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Gastric Enteritis. | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Ulcerative Colitis. | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
| Anaemia. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Meningitis. | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Appendicitis (op.) | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| Acute Intestinal Obstructn. (op.) | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Strangulated Hernia | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Uraemia. | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Congenital Syphilis. | 1 | - | - | - | - | l | - | - | - | - |
| Diabetes. | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Suicide. | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Accident. | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Senility. | 2 | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| General Paresis. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Lymphatic Leukaemia. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Enlarged Prostate. | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Duodenal Ulcer. | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Totals | 330 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 61 | 101 | 112. | 275. |